BUZZFEED

6 Green card sponsorships · 84 Temporary work filings · Information Technology · FY2012–FY2022
Filing volume Top 5% of 332,896 US employers by PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ volume
900 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2021
6 Green-card filings PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
84 Work-visa filings LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record

What this means for you

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  • We look at green-card filings denied, certified, and last filing.
  • Information Technology · est. 900 U.S. employees
  • 0% Green-card filings denied 0 of 6 green-card filings · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    33% Green-card filings certified 2 of 6 green-card filings · last filed Nov 2021 · FY2012–FY2022
    Nov 2021 Last filing
    Top 11% Green-card + work-visa filings, Information Technology 90 filings · Top 11% of 7,239 in Information Technology · FY2012–FY2022
    Top 5% Green-card + work-visa filings, all US 90 filings · Top 5% of 332,896 US employers · FY2012–FY2022
    6 Green-card filings FY2012–FY2022
    84 Work-visa filings FY2012–FY2022
    Top 91% Green-card filings per employee, Information Technology 6 filings / 900 employees (2021, self-reported) · Top 91% of 4,593 in Information Technology with green-card filings and a reported headcount · FY2012–FY2022
    7% Green-card filings, share of all filings 6 of this employer's 90 · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    Top 12% Green-card filings percentile · all US of 210,333 employers · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #23,212 of 210,333 Green-card filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #1,263 of 7,230 Green-card filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2022 filings
    0.7% Green-card filings per employee 6 filings / 900 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    93% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 84 of this employer's 90 · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    Top 5% Work-visa filings percentile · all US of 231,601 employers · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #10,853 of 231,601 Work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #525 of 5,644 Work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2022 filings
    9.3% Work-visa filings per employee 84 filings / 900 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2022 filings
    90 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #14,450 of 332,896 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · all US FY2012–FY2022 filings
    #736 of 7,239 Green-card + work-visa filings rank · Information Technology FY2012–FY2022 filings
    10.0% Green-card + work-visa filings per employee 90 filings / 900 employees · self-reported headcount · FY2012–FY2022 filings

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Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

2 Certified green-card approvals · FY2012–FY2022
3 Expired 60.0% rate · FY2012–FY2022
0 Denied 0.0% rate · FY2012–FY2022
1 Withdrawn 16.7% rate · FY2012–FY2022

Filings over time

How many green card applications BUZZFEED has filed each quarter, from FY2012 to today.

FY2012 Q1: 1 filingsFY2015 Q3: 1 filingsFY2017 Q2: 1 filingsFY2021 Q1: 1 filingsFY2021 Q3: 2 filings012FY2012FY2021
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Updated 2026-04-11 08:05:34.412930+00:00

What this means

BUZZFEED applied to sponsor 6 workers for green cards between 2012 and 2022. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

BUZZFEED has filed 4 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

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Other Information Technology filers with comparable filing volume.

Filing data sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Foreign Labor Certification public disclosure files. Past filings do not predict future hiring behavior. Employers may petition for review at /dispute.

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